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Where does “चाँपो” come from?

चाँपो (Hindi) comes from Hindi चाँपना, from Sanskrit चपयति — to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...

चाँपो (Hindi): inflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural...

Definitions

  1. inflection of चाँपना : ## second-person plural...

Ancestry of “चाँपो”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiचाँपनाto press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to...
2Sanskritचपयतिto pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...

Words derived from “चाँपो”

  • shampoo
  • shampooing
  • shampooer
  • shampooable
  • shampoolike
  • shampooey
  • reshampoo
  • shampoo
  • champú
  • shampoo
  • dopo-shampoo
  • shampista
  • sciampo
  • sciampista
  • shampooing
  • Schampon
  • Shampoo
  • Haarshampoo
  • xampu
  • shampoo
  • autoshampoo
  • shamponoida
  • shampoo
  • xampú
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